OK I tested with my Taylor kit then took samples to a local independently owned pool as well as Leslies. All are close by my house so I would say all testing was done within 30 minutes..
My numbers:
TC: 10
CC: .2
PH: 8.2
TA: 70
hardness: 400
CYA 180(diluted 50/50 multiplied by two)
Next was small pool store:
TC 12.33
CC:0
PH:7.9
TA:46
TA(adjusted) 13
hardness: 438
CYA 100
He said his cya test went up to 300, that high CYA was skewing the TA, to take 1/3 of CYA and subtract it from TA to get adjusted TA.
Recommended draining the pool by 1/4 and adding baking soda I had on hand which is about 8 lbs.
He said I should drain the pool 1/4 to lower the calcium and CYA.
On to Leslies:
TC:10
FC: 10
PH: 7.6
TA:80
CYA: 100
hardness: 250
He said everything looked good. I questioned him about the high CYA and he said it was OK to run the pool at high CYA, up to 300.
Also my husband wanted to know if we should backflush the DE filter, even though pressure is good, because of seeing algae. I think someone told him algae could be in the DE inside the filter.

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